Adjustable garment hanger



United States Patent [72] Inventor Roy W. Campbell Primary Examiner-Patrick D. Lawson 101 NW. 190th St., Miami, Fla. 33169 Assistant Examiner-George H. Krizmanich [21] Appl. No. 833,028 1 [22] Filed June 13,1969 {45] patemed Dec. 22,1970 ABSTRACT: A garment hanger having a frame with ad ustable shoulder supports thereon adapted to hold any size of a mans suit, coat. or ladiesfur coat. or the like. The hanger comprises an ordinary garment hanger embodying a vertically disposed member in the longitudinal center thereof, the upper end of the aforesaid vertically disposed member terminating in [54] ADJUSTABLE GARMENT HANGER a hook, while two opposed and angularly disposed supporting 3 Clairns,4Drawing Figs. members extend outwardly and downwardly from the lower [52] U s m 223/88 end of the said vertically disposed member, the outer end of [51] In U A47j 51/08 each supporting member terminating in a vertically disposed 50 Field olSearch 223/88,92, end memb havmg F end suppmmg hmmally I 94 91 disposed cross member having a convex upper surface. Each of the two supporting members has an outwardly and [56] References Ci d downwardly inclined shoulder supporting member a convex UNITED STATES PATENTS upper surface and internal structure which fits over the two supporting members of the garment hanger. Each of the sup- 2,528,036 10/1950 Cook 223/92 porting members is provided with a thumb screw to firmly F RE PATENTS hold the shoulder supporting member in any longitudinal posi- 349,773 12/ 1960 Switzerland 223/94 tion on the two supporting members, thereby permitting the 163,341 6/1949 Austria 223 /94 hanger to be adjustable to hold any size of garment in a way 1,159,483 2/1958 France 223/94 that will prevent the wrinkling of the same.

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INVENTOR ROY W. CAM PB ELL rows.

I nnam ARME WGER From above statement, it .be' seen thatthis invention relates to hangers, and moreparticularly, to hangers adapted to hold nearly any type-of garment having sleeves. I

. Q. It is theprineial object of this invention to provide an adjustable garment hanger that can,as-its'nameimpliesbeadjusted to firmly hold any upper'garment merely by-the adjusting of two thumb screws that are so located as not to interfere 'in' any way whatsoever with the support of the garmentplaced onthe' hanger, t H I I Another object of this invention is toprovide an adjustable garment hangerv of the character herein: described that can be manufactured from nearly anycoat hanger by the, addition of the twoherein described longitudinally disposed members.

Still another object of this invention is to provide an adjustable garmentzhangerpffthe characterherein described thatcan be'mass producedat low retail costfrom nearly. any desired FIG. 2 is a longitudinally disposed sectional view o f this invention; taken along l ine;'2-'2,- of FlG. l, 1 and -viewed in the directionindicated by the arrows. I

no; sin a perspective .view of a e or" the longitudinally disposed, member's ofthisinven'tiom-rotated to show the'interna'l structure ofthe sameg, FIG. 4 is a'sectional viewof I 4-4 of FIG. 2; and viewed in thedirection indicatedbythe ar- In the several views of this int ntion; in thegarment hanger are indicated by like. reference'numbers. v

hanger in its entirety. I Directing ones attention first to FIG. 2 of theaccompanying drawing it will be seen'that this invention 5 consists of a typical garment hang frame 6 whlch m Instance provided I directions from said hook, a frustum shap d collar below said with a frustumshaped collar 7, a longitudinallydisposed botouter plate 16 as wellas a pluralityof'equally spaced gusset plates 17 that are located inside theconvex garment supporting member 11 in order to support the two aforesaid members 12 of this invention.

Looking now at FIGS. land 2 of the accompanying drawing it will be seen that the just described longitudinally disposedmember l0-is basically the same length-"as" that of each member 13 of the garment hanger 6. It willalso be noted on examination of the drawing thatthe inward end of each member 10 slidably fits into suitable openings in the lower portion of theslanting surface 18 of the aforesaid collar 7 which may or may not be hollowdependingupon the detail construction of this part of the invention.

maven-tar, taken along line tions fall within I The reference number-"Sindicates the adjustable garment tom member8, and a convex upper-surface 9. The aforesaid I hanger 6 is provided with two opposeddownwardly and outwardly inclined'members 10 that are identicalin structure.

Each member 10' is actually a shoulder supporting member. Each member 10 embodies garment shoulder supporting member ll-each of which has a convex upper surface and a I concave lower surface and two e'qu ally spaced and parallel rectangular members 12 thatare centrallylocated within the aforesaid concave portionof said garment supporting member downwardly and outwardly inclined members l3of the garinent hanger 6. The member 13 is preferably rectangular in cross section, although it can beof any desired shape. A

It is .to b fully understoodthat'should'each,of the aforesaid longitudinally disposedmembers IObe-made integral with all of the related structure contained within the aforesaid convex member] 1, this portion of the invention, that is illustrated in FIG. 3 of the accompanying drawing, can be molded plastic or the like.

ltfis realized from reading the abovedescription of the construction of this invention of an a'dju stable garment hanger and examining the accompanying drawing, that all one has to do tomake the hanger support a sleeved garment ofany size, is to loosenthe two thumb screws-:15 and then slide the two aforesaid members l0 outward (orjinward, if already in an outward position) to the desired Jength ,as suggested by the phantom lines in FIG. 2, and then tighten the same two thumb screws 15.

This invention of mine can be manufactured as an entirely new adjustable garment ha'nger,.or it can be produced by modifying and adding structure to existing garment hangers, as will be understood by those experienced in the art.

The invention is subject to any and all changes in configuration, detailed design, and/or modifications that one may care to make in the same in so long asthe changes and/or modificathe scope and intent of the appended claims.

I claim: 1

1. An adjustable garment hanger, including a frame member having its upper end terminating in a hook adapted to support the gannent hanger, two support members of said frame secured and extending in downwardly and outwardly opposed hook covering the inner ends of .said'two support members, two elongated shoulder supporting members having convex upper surfaces and concave lower-surfaces slidably received over said two' support members, two centrally located, equally spaced and parallel rectangular members within each concave I I ll. ,a is clearly shown in FIG. 3 of th'eaccompanying drawing. The two members l 2'a're adapted tofit 'over the top of the tion along the member 13 of the garment hanger 6, as one can I see and understand upon examination of FIG. 2 of the drawing. Each of the aforesaid members 10 is provided with an shaped collar.

portion, said rectangular members secured to and extending longitudinally of the concave portion, one on each side of a hangermember, opposed lugssecured to and extending downwardly from adjacent rectangular members and thumb screws extending through adjacent lugs adjustably securing said rectangular members to said two support members.

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein an outer plateis secured to the outer end of each shoulder supporting member and spaced gusset plates extend from the concave portionsto the rectangular members'and securing them together.

. 3. The invention of claim-1 in which said frustum shaped collar has opposed openings about permitting the inner ends of the shoulder support members to slide into said frustum 

